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An Update on Indonesian Political Prisoners
Citkowski, Emily
http://www.solidarity-us.org//node/856Date Written: 1998-07-01 Publisher: Against the Current, Michigan, USA Year Published: 1998 Resource Type: Article Cx Number: CX12797 AS INDONESIAN POLITICAL prisoners are released, evidence continues to surface that the United States CIA knew about the "disappearances" and tortures. In response to the mass protests that forced Suharto to step down, Indonesian trade union leader Muchtar Pakpahan and former Member of Parliament Sri Bintang were released from prison May 25. The new president Habibie has promised to review the anti-subversion law under which many of the political prisoners-including the Peoples Democratic... Subject Headings |